A review by ratgrrrl
Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

CN. Queer/Transphobia, Outing, Graphic Violence, Gore, Police Brutality, and More (Full Content Warnings on author's website: https://andrewjosephwhite.com/content-warnings%3A-cf) 

I absolutely ADORED this! 

It's truly the book my Queer trans autistic (there's a reason why I vibe so much with genderfae and like Sidhe (pronounced She) as a pronoun) anarchist communist arse needed and the thought of somone like me at the age people start to read YA reading it and not having to wait until their 30s and to overcome repression and trauma genuinely makes me weep happy tears.

I very much want to hug (or whatever level of physical or verbal appreciation he is comfortable with) MR. A. J White. 

This book calls itself YA and no shade to the genre or youth, but there aren't many books that really have their big person pants on like this and the Tingle horrors. True thoughtful and willing to be beautiful and ugly and honest and right on and awful and brilliant. 

More coherent thoughts one day when I've caught up on everything I need to review or feel a sudden compulsion to rant about how much I loved this. 

I will absolutely be reading everything White writes and this is now one of the best books I've read this year or ever because it hit me so very much where I live, if not geographically. You're mileage may well vary. 

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